On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Tahereh Fattahi <t28.fatt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Assume that one client wants to search it's directories for video files. > I want use something that helps this client to search just directories > that have this kind of file. > like a extended attribute, but I want this attribute be set by server not > by client. > I dont know which xlator is suitable for this work. > The xlator that comes close to it is: index xlator xlators/features/index/src You may have to track extra operations like create/mknod/link/rename/unlink to make sure you get the functionality you want. Basically this xlator helps you in indexing a behavior. We use this for indexing directories/files that need heal etc. > > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 7:13 AM, Pranith Kumar Karampuri < > pkara...@redhat.com> wrote: > >> This sounds hacky. In general anything that is specific about an inode, >> we try to store it in inode-ctx. Who uses this information about presence >> of video-file and how? May be with that knowledge there could be a >> possibility we can improve the solution. Do let us know the complete >> problem you are trying to solve. >> >> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:53 AM, Tahereh Fattahi <t28.fatt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> I want to add one boolean field to inode structure for a directory. >>> when it is 1 it means that directory has one or more video file. when >>> it is 0 it means that there is no video file in that directory. >>> I can add this variable to inode structure and update it in server side, >>> in posix_create function (when there is a create request for a video file). >>> question is about client knowledge about this variable. is it possible >>> that client can see the amount of this variable of different servers >>> (bricks) and OR them to one variable in cient's inode of the directory? in >>> which xlator I should try in client side? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gluster-devel mailing list >>> Gluster-devel@gluster.org >>> http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Pranith >> > > -- Pranith
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